Piriformospora indica: A new biological hardening tool for micropropagated plants

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 297-302

  Sahay, N S ^a   Varma, A ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biological hardening; Micropropagated plantlet; Piriformospora indica; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MYCOSIS; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE CULTURE; TOBACCO;

FUNGI; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, TOXIC; SYMBIOSIS; TOBACCO;

EID: 0032708443     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00542-X     Document Type: Article

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